英文摘要 |
This study explores the effectiveness of the “process writing approach” applied to an English course designed for nursing students from a science and technology university in southern Taiwan. The two goals are to evaluate the efficacy of this approach in improving the learners' writing outcomes and to investigate their satisfaction level. In this one-group pretest-midtest-posttest experimental study, participants included 44 first-year students of the two-year nursing college, 4 teaching assistants (TAs), and a language teacher. The nursing students practiced 5 writing tasks guided by five teaching strategies: online writing platform, multiple revisions, peer review activities, and blended mode of teacher's/TAs' indirect and direct feedback. Data were collected by writing competence scales and a course satisfaction questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed through Repeated Measures MANOVA. Results showed that the students' writing abilities in between the pre, middle and post-tests were significantly improved, and the performance of the five exercises had also improved significantly. The nursing students were generally satisfied with the course. Teaching implications were then suggested. |